Velveted chicken, mushrooms and wakame soup
The prep time is 10 minutes, the cook time is 15 minutes, but velveting takes overnight. It's worth the waiting though because you end up with better than restaurant-quality food.
Recipes with vegetable / fruit
Spaghettini with chorizo, asparagus and cherry tomatoes
A piece of chorizo is sliced, browned, and tossed with cooked pasta and vegetables sauteed in olive oil. A colorful and tasty one bowl meal that cooks in ten minutes.
Chicken tinola
Bone-in chicken, wedges of green papaya and chili leaves in gingered broth. That’s chicken tinola, Filipino comfort food par excellence. Serve as a soup and or main dish.
Potatoes and green beans salad
Potatoes and green beans are boiled, drained and tossed with crumbled tinapa (salty smoked fish) soaked in spicy oil.
Crispy cauliflower with chili lemon sauce
Cauliflower florets tossed with egg white, salt, pepper and potato starch are deep fried until crisp then drizzled with homemade chili lemon sauce.
Vietnamese-style lemongrass pork and noodle salad
Lemongrass pork belly, noodles and fresh vegetables are tossed with Vietnamese mixed fish sauce to make a delicious one bowl meal.
Tofu skin noodle salad
Dried tofu skin shredded to look like noodles are soaked in soy-ginger-chili sauce then tossed with toasted sesame seeds, stir fried vegetables and Chinese sausages.
Mashed roasted squash (calabaza)
Squash cubes are roasted until soft and caramelized and, while hot, mashed. Butter, salt, pepper, herbes de Provence and cream are stirred in to complete this lovely side dish.